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A PAGE FRoM HISTORY.
An Incident Whose Authenticity Can Not
Well BE Disputed. Ha.

During the reign of the Tyrant,
whose name is too familiar to require
repetition or mention in these pages,
the Lion-Heart was so hard pressed by
his enemies that he was obliged to seek
refuge in a cave lad cago abSQ,tat@}qtuS,
est, literally, to cave in. While medi-
tating upon ways and means one
morning he observed spider (arach'sI-
do domeSttcuS) mending his web.
Ninety-nine times he succeeded, but the
one hundredth effort was disastrous
failure. Throwing down his sword and
crying: make way for libertyn he
rushed upon the Austrian spears, and
as he did so a second arrow fell from
beneath his vest. "For what hid's st
thou that arrow meath thy vest?" ex-
claimed the Tyrant: ITO hold it
down, replied Tell, for it was hesthus
running a little good history, but antici;.
pating by several centuries well7worn,
joke Then, mdfiing his face in his
mantle, he fell down at the foot of
Pompey's statue, by Phidias, where be
was caught in the arms of his faithful
daughter, who, with her rosy lips
sucked the poison from his wound. Al;
this moment the shout was heard on
the distant plain: They fly! they fly"
"Who fyP" asked the dying hero.
"Hoss fly" replied cavalry sergeant.
Come to my arms, my noble boy"
exclaimed his father; Il would rather
of lost all the trees in the orchard than
to of had you told lie." This Incl
dent has been related in many I'm
guages hence there can be no doubt Of
its authenticity Bardettc, m Brooklyn
| Eugle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
70 CHECK NosE.RLEEp.
An Ailment Which Ordinarily Requires
But Simple Treatment.


EpistaXis, or bleeding from the nose,
does not as arule, require other than
simple domestic treatment When hem
orrhage of this kind seems to be spon,,
taneous, and there is no apparent ex-
citing cause, it is best to let it alone,
as it may be an effort of nature to get
rid of an oyer-supply of blood, and
thus relieve some internal organ from
over-distension and congestion. An
attack Of apoplexy has doubtless often
been prevented through this safety
valve which nature has provided.
When it becomes necessary to check
hemorrhage from the nose, one of the
several following methods may be
tried:
If the blood flows from the nose in u
continuous stream, or when the loss
has become considerable by continued
and constant dropping, it may be
checked by applying cold douche to
the face or back part of the neck-an
ice-pack will answer the same purpose.
The snuiiing up into the nostrils Of
cold water containing salt, tannin or
alum is very good. Another method
is to take long strip of Int, or cid
line, soaked in water contani 70
either of the above ingredients, ald
gently introduce one end of The
strip into the nostril with the aid
of pencil or pcn-holder; the strip
should be pushed in until the whole
nostril is packed; this serves to act as
plug, which, with the astringent
properties of the preparation used, will
10 nearly every instance stop further
hemorrhage.
Should any of these not prove sufIi-
cient, it is quite evident that the bleed
ing comes from the upper or back pan
of the nose, and in that case the ser
vices of a physician are required. Ere
quent attacks of epistaxis denote low
and debiltated condition of the sys-
tenn, and require medicinal treatment
Golden Rule.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
A JOKE FROM LEE,
An Insurance mans Flying Trip to Detect
a Horrible Crime.

An Insurance mans Flying Trip to Detect
Horrible Crime.
t'Have you heard the new joke on
Johnson" asked the latest addition to
a group of insurance men who were
swapping stories in an up town hotel
the other day. No one could confess
TO familiarity with Johnson's escapade
and the speaker leaned back on his
chair and began the following yarn:
"Johnson's first rate adjuster, as
you know. Good all-around man, Just
as much at home trying to convince a
lady that the damage to her drawing
room furniture can be summed up, item
by item, if she will only give her mind
TO the job, as he is at bullying an old
clothes dealer into taking twenty-five
per cent of his original estimate of loss
es. But his speciality is the unearthing
of frauds Well the other week he had
a loss. His headquarters are in Roches-
Ger, but nights travel put him on the
scene of the fire. A gentleman who re-
ioiced in the name OF Himmelberger-
or words to that effect-had had his
Htock of twice-worn clothing burned up.
johnson was satisfied in his own mind,
with the keen instinct of an old in
vurance man, that there was something
crooked about the affair, but he couldn't
lay his hand on any proofs. So he set
tled up the loss, all but paying over
the money, and went back to Roches-
Ter determined to await the expiration
of the sixty days allowed by law before
paying up. in hope that something
might come to light in the meantime.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

De nearer shutdown de buster dc
lazy man. Ihc.Judge.
Education means Il great deal more
than book learning N, y. Witness
There is no substitute for thor
ough-going, ardent and sincere earn
estness. "-CharleS Dickens.
True politeness is perfect case and
freedom. 1t simply consists in treat
ing others just as you love to be treated
yourself
An impecunious man designates
ten-dollar bill as "a William because
he is not sufficiently familiar with il
to call it Bill"
Every man has right to make
himself something better than he is.
but no man has right to claim honor
and credit which are not due him.
Young woman (timidly to clerk)-
81 would like to look at some false hair,
please" Clerk (eXperienced)-"Yes,
ma'am. What color does your friend
want?" Sale effected. Life.
On a Would-be Cornetist:
No more his shril blast
Our ears will ring through;
He rests now at last,
And the neighbors rest too.
boston Budget.
A writer asserts that "the old-fash'
Toned rocking chair is and always will
be the favorite article of furniture. "
Guess not The sofa with tendency
to sag in the middle still holds its own.
darlington Free Press.
. Some one who has given the sub
ject considerable study says that "blue
eyes usually 90 with light hair" We
have not given the matter much
thought, but we have noticed that
black eyes frequently go with bloody
nose.-Norristow Herald.
Tough lin apothecary's shop
Say. young teller, gimme ten grains o
strichnine, right away, in big hurry,
aud don you forget it. Clerk-Rats?
Tough-Now, look a-here, l don't
want any o your slang, or I'll jump
over there and spoil that dude collar o
yours in bout four seconds. He was
waited On neutrality-suspicious. {
BG,Gr.
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| At Rochester he found this telegram

At Rochester he found this telegram
awaiting him.
"'Don't settle Himmelbergers loss till you see
my daughter Unetta.
j. VoGELsrEIN, Poughkeepsic, N. Y.
"'Aha! said the SUI spicious Johnson
this is the key to the whole matter So
he posted back again to Poughkeepsie,
telegraphing his agent to have Unetta,
Vogelstein at the office when he should
reach there. The agent didn't get the
telegram, so he and Johnson got n car
riage and drove to the Vogelstein man
sion, which was on the outskirts of the
town. They raped at the door of a
little box of wooden house and asked
for Unetta and were shown into little
sitting room, where the daughter of the
house was daruing stockings.
"'Now, my good girl, said Johnson,
with his most seductive smile, after ex-
planning who he was, Just tell me as
quickly as you can all that you know
about this loss. Give me all the cir
cumstances in the case. know that
it may be disagreeable, but remember
that whatever happens you have a
friend in me who will see that no harm
comes to you. And then you will al
ways have the satisfaction of having
helped in the detection of a crime.
"Vell, said the fair Unetta, as she
gazed in a dazed manner at her yisi-
tors, all I know ish dot Mr.. Himmel-
berger owes me eighteen dollars for
work, an want you to shtop it out OF
his monishn
"a rapid calculation, including car
fare for six hundred miles, hotel bill,
two days time and cab hire went
through Johnson's mind in about one
and three-quarter seconds, and then he
tainted. IN y Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
The Old Lady Settled It.

Mr.. Clark and his wife were going to
California, but it is just possible. that
they will give up the enterprise. 1t
happened in this way.
Mr.. Clark was reading an article
about the country from paper sent
him, and had just reached sentence
beginning with: The mean tempera-
ture of Californy," when Mrs. Clark
laid down her knitting.
THAT settles it," she said, taking off
her specs. Il amt agoin' to any coun-
try where the temperature is any
meaner than it is to home. We amt
goin' to 90. Detroit Free Press.
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the students to help him with his les.
sons in the evenings. They formed u
syndicate of six. That was good old
DIR. Hamlin's way, so none of the boys
found it burden to help Pluck one
evening in week. 1t was success
on both sides, the boys were patient
and kind, and Pluck was as painstak-
ing and persevering in his lessons asin
other things, so that he made great
progress.
After some weeks he asked to be ex-
ami1ed to enter the preparatory class.
"Do you expect" asked the presi-
dent "tO compete with those boys who
have many weeks the start o youP
And" he continued, you can't 60 into
class in sheep-skins, all the boys would
cry 'baa.'"
Eyes, sir, know" Pluck said; "but
the boys have promised to helpme out.
One will give me coat, another a
trousers, and so on"
Nothing could keep back boy like
that, who overcame all the obstacles in
his way.
After the examination, the president
said to Prof. Long:
Can that boy get into that CLASP"
Eyes, was the reply; "but that class
can't get into that boy"
1t was not all plain sailing yet. AL
though Pluck had passed the examina-
ton he had ne money, and the rules of
the college required each student to
pay two hundred dollars year That
was q question in mathematics that
puzzled the good president.
Il wish said Prof Long, "that the
college would hire Pluck to help me in
the laboratory and give him a hundred
dollars year He has proved himself
very deft and neat in helping me there,
and it would give me much more time
for other things"
Pluck became the professors assist
ant, and was perfectly delighted with
his good fortune. But where was the
other hundred coming from?
President Washburn sent an account
of Pluck's poverty and great desire for
an education to Dir. Hamlin, the ex-
president of Robert College, who was
in America. The Doctor told the story
to friend one day, and she was SO
much interested that she said
81 would like 10 give the other hun
dred."
And that's the way Pluck gained the
wish of his heart.
He proved the truth of the old say
ing, that 'where there is II will there
is way But his way was so hedged
in that no boy without a strong will
and great perseverance would have
found it.
Of course such a boy would succeed.
To-day Pluck is head master of one of
the schools IN his owncountry. -Frnnh
B. Loria'g in N, Y hpdepeae!ent.
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YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
ALWAYS GROWING.

What do you do in the ground, little seed
Under the rain and snow,
Hidden away from the bright blue sky,
And lost to the madcap sparrow's eyer
why, do you not know
Igr0lV."
What do you do in the nest, little bird,
When the bough swings to and froi
How do you pass the time away
From dawn to dusk Of the summer dayi
what do you not know?
IgrotO."
What do you do in the pond, little fish,
With scales that glisten so?
In ana out OF the water grass,
Never at rest, see you pass.
"Why, do you not know
IgroWn
What do you do in the cradle, my boy,
With chubby cheeks all aglowH
What do you do when your toys are put
Away, and your wise little eyes are shuti
'Ho do you not know?
IgroW."
Always growing by night or day
No idle moments we see;
Whether at work or cheerful play,
Let us all be able to say:
'In the goodness of God,
We grow'
IT C. Hdrbaugh, h S, s. Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Methodism is still the most power
ful denomination in the South, espcci-
ally in Georgia.
The London Road Car Company,
TO their credit, stand out against the
practice of running cars ON Sunday al-
though they believe their dividend
could be increased one per cent by
a&optingit,
AT Mr.. Moody's two schools in
Mortified over five hundred young
men and women are now being educat-
ed to become missionaries, teachers
and workers in other branches OF
Christian effort.
Higher education has made great
advancement in Greece during recent
years. The lyceum for girls has stan
Of seventy-six teachers and LOCO pupils.
lllteracy in the kingdom is rare, even
in the out-of-the-way hill countries.
"A little girl in Boston school who
was asked to define the word 'redrcss
promptly replied that it meant female
reader. And little girl in an English
school recently gave ''gandress as
feminine of "gander." - Cincinnati
Times.
"A man with patched garments re-
Gently came into the rooms of a London
missionary society to beg, as was fear
ed. but taking out a package OF bank
notes he said he wished them to be
used in preaching Christ to the heather.
His gift amounted to $3.50.
The Turkish Government officials
have now put the seal of the Sultan on
thirty-two editions of the Arabic Scrip
lures and parts of Scriptures, thus Civ
ing the sanction of the Imperial Caliph
Il Islam for the free circulation of the
word of God.-M. W. ChriStta" Ad-
Uocdte.
Miami University, Oxford, O., was
never in safer and better condition.
The rents fof land, the interest OF the
accumulated fund, tuition and room
rents bring an annual income of $4,000,
and the State of Ohio appropriated ST.
400 as a contingent fund, total reve'
uue of SIS, $50 for the current year.
-Rey. L. Lloyd, of the Church of
England, who has Teen laboring in
Fuh Chow since 1876, states that the
1900 converts whom he found on
going to Fuh Chow have been increas.
ed to the grand total Of 5000, and OF
these he himself has been privileged tc
baptize one thousand. Public Opinion,
1.-The various missionary societie:
have combined fleet of from twenty
five to thirty missionary vessels
steamers, schooners and sloops-tivC
! Of Which belong to the London Mis-
sionary SociSry. TYl three each to the
Z Church missionary Society. the Mora
VANS and the Central African Lakes
Company.
/! Or. Lucy NJ. Hall, physician o
Vassar, has kept list of the numbe
of days each girl has been absent from
illness during the year. and compared
it with similar record kept of thu
young men at Amherst College. Sh,
finds that the girls are not absent near
ly as much from sickness as the youn:
men. -IndiGHdpOliS Journal.
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-"What does transparent meanP"
asked a Scotch school board teacher
lately of his class in the third standard.
After long pause he almost despaired
of getting an answer, when suddenly
an urchin with a rough head and dirty
face cracked his fingers excitedly.
"Well?" said the teacher, encourage
ingly. MY mither, SIR Your
mOtherl Dear me, how sou Because, -
explained the neglected boy, "whcn
my father cam hame the ither nicht he
said TO my mither, 'Ha, my Teddy. see
through ye moor "7grookiyH EaJle.
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Mrs. Bagley-Aurelia, you had
better hide that milliner's bill, and I'll
try to shave enough off the grocer's bill
to pay it. Your paw is greatly worried
over his business affairs. Aurelia-O
nav! you don'tmean to say he is going
to failP Mrs. Bagley-l know nothing
for certain, but last night heard him
talking in his sleep about being robbed
by man named Umpire and about the
men going out on strikes, and l fear
the worst.-Phil0delphiG Call.
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What She Would Do.

She was costly intrenched upon his
shoulder, and they were very, very
happy.
George" she whispered, and no
bent his head to listen, "do you know
what l would do if your love for me
should coolP"
would you die, dear?" he asked,
passionately.
"No, George; would bring suit for
breach of promise. IN Y. Sun.
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LIABLE TO EXPLODE.
.ASrccies Of humanity Which is to be Found
at Every ConfIagration.


'asrcries Of humanity Which is to be Found
at Every COnflaGration.
The man who thinks something is
going 20 explode is always at fire.
The other day we sat on a lumber
pile and watched planning mill burn,
and told every body who came along
Just where the firemen were making a
mistake and how they ought to do it,
Just like every body else.
a little man with red eyes came up
'aud in a confidential manner said:
Say, dye know that thing is li'ble
to blow upP"
mo"
"Fact. They say there's two bar
rels of gunpowder stored in the fur
Their end and it's li'ble to 90 at any
time"
How did it come thereP"
Don know, but it s there for sure.
BE a good many killed when it goes
off"
''Yes."
Then he walked little nearer the
fire and began warning one of the fire.
men.
A minute later fat man stepped up
and said:
Say, sec here minute"
"Well, what is it?"
"There's barrels of gasoline and
benzine stored in the basement of that
air mill-yes, sir they're in there now
and they'll blow up"
''Is that SOP"
$50? Yes, sir, they're bound to
blow up, can't help it, .lible to go at
any minute, It's going TO kill lots of
people, too. Why don't the police
order folks backP"
Don't know"
Then he walked away and told his
story to another just then a thin
man who was going by on the run
stopped, and said very eXcitedly:
"Hi, there. move back, move back.
fore you get blowed upr'
whats the matterPn
Going to be terrible loss of life here
in about a minute Owner of mill told
me there's lot O dynamite in the sec
,ond story, and when it falls it will kill
fha'f this crowd. They better be get
ting back fore it's too late" and he
rushed over so close to the fire that he
had to hold his hat before his face.
After about five minutes more an I'M
decided looking man, wearing long
coat, edged along and said:
bad fire.
"Yes.n +,4.a eesa.
Hope there won't be any body
hurt"
"Hope not
Say" he continued, and his voice
sank almost to a whisper, II s'pose
you don't know nothin' bout the b iler
in the injine room, do youP''
mo" i'tf
Thought not They say it's chuck
full of steam and water.n
"Wouldn't be surprised"
ga Teller over here told me they were
carrying three hundred and forty
pounds OF steam when she caught fire. "
Probably"
''Why, you don't seem to be scartP'
mo"
Don't you know that when that
biler gets hot that it's going to rip
things?"
"Think it willp'
81 know tive seen b'ilers blow UP
at fires and tear every thing all to
pieces and kill ever so many people.
This one is bound to go inside of ten
minutes. l should think people would
get back out of the way" and he went
over a little nearer to the scene of the
coming explosion, and the last we saw
when we came away was the four Of
them down close to the fire talking i
>over.-DGbOtG Bell.
A JOKE FROM LIFE.
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-Teacher-With whom did Achilles
fight at Troy? Boy-With Pluto.
Wrong" with Nero" Wrong"
Then it was Hector" "What made
you think of Pluto and Nero?n "Oh,
/ knew it was one of our dogs. Their
names are Pluto, Nero and Hector. -
FranktArter Zeitung.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-04
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL
Meeting Of the Directors In This
City.
THE QUESTION OF REDUCTION OF TOLLS.

The directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
company met to-day at the Arlington hotel All
the members were present as follows: President
L. Victor Baughman, James G. BENEFIT, John Hum
bird, Patrick Hamill Spencer Watkins, 3. A. Dob
bin and Clinton Paine. The details OF arrange
ments for the boating season low about to be
opened was discussed, and good deal OF routine
business was transacted. The main question be-
ore the board was the fixing OF the rate per ton on
coal for the season. and one proposition was to ad
vance 1t from twenty-sfx cents, which was the
rate last year. to forty cents. This gave rise to
long discussion.
COAL AND WHARFAGE 40 CENTS.
The directors finally decided to fix the rate Tor
tolls and wharfage at 40 cents per ton on coal
President Baughman said that with abusiness OF
100000 tons OF coal from Cumberland to tide water
the income OF the canal at this rate would De
900, which would be Suffcient to pay ex-
$50, 600 less for the last three months then for
corresponding period OF last year. and he expected
That there would be great reduction in the an
nual expenses as compared with last year.
RuDen w. Young was appointed boss carpenter
at Great Falls and the appointment Of twelve
bosses along the line OF the canal Will be made.
BAD BREAK
was reported as having occurred at OldtOWn by
the washing out Of culvert and 1t was stated that
the opening Of the canal would be delayed seven
or eight days in consequence.
A letter was read from MIR. Henry Dodge OF West
Potomac flats from Mr. Clark, who was president
OF the canal some years ago. This lease was for
fifty years and could be renewed. The directors
authorized q response to this letter to the eject
ton OF power by the president, which was illegal
and did not belong to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-04

REWARD OFFERED BY THE HUSBAND OF THE
WOMAN WHO WROTE ScAEDALOUs LETTERS.
The New York Sun to-day says: The author
ship OF the letters assailing the character OF a.
young unmarried woman residing ON Bedford ave-
nue., in the aristocratic 18th ward, Brooklyn, has
been traced TO married woman. She dictated
the letters to q hired male amanuensts There
were sixteen letters written, all OF them convey
ing In most indecent terms the accusations
who kept standing In the advertising columns OF
against the young Woman'S character. The person
the local papers OF Brooklyn q reward OF g, 600
for Information which would lead TO the detection
OF the writer OF the episteS Is said to be the hus
band OF the woman who dictated and mailed these
precious letters. They are now IN his possession,
the sixteen families to whom they had been sent
having retured them to him.
"He inserted the reward in the papers and kept
this person cOunSelied, ''merely to blum his wife
The whole AFFAIR grew out OF little rivalry In one
OF the Bedford avenue boarding houses NY
friends wife is q little high strung, and whistles
to be considered quite parsonage. And ahe was
so considered In the boarding house circle until
the advent OF q well-tOdo, nne-loOkfng. dash1ng,
vtvacious young girl, who, not satisfied with de-
posing my friends wife from the proud position
OF first lady In the house, sought, and did succeed
in her quiet way, In bringing some little ridicul6
upon her. Unable TO openly wage q war, she Dy
means OF anonymous letters sought to secure the
young girls discontinue and defeat. She failed,
and to-day there Is not in Brooklyn q more dts
cOmf1ted, gr1eved, defeated woman than this same
wife Of my troubled friend. He Is an honorable
man, and we all feel very s0ry for him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-04
o. $500
NdmS.
Name. O. g.,
Washington Stock Exchanxe.

The following changes from Wednesdays quotations
on the Washington Stock Exchange noted to-day:
sIaYsss lSS I'D 1885, ::sss
& T. r ssaRs1sa ~ sa d x s ssfsd
2. C. per: imps.,, Is. 1891. coin. hoy asked ..
Water STOCKS. e. 1901, currency, $50 bid.
Eeses f sSsd 1892 53o bid bid
IL asked 29,ysa5 fund. S p. s: 1899. eur:
bid. 100 asked; Warrington and GsO.ssto;wn rale
road bonds, 1l2H bid. Metropolitan railroad stock
SS 59s 1oS asa an Scs bid
ance, IA bid, 14A asked: Riggs Insurance, 81 bid.
BID s7 g Nsons Ssn o.
bid, 110& asked National Metropolitan bank.
152 bid. Fsrmerss and Mechanics Bank Georee-
town, 1903 bid Citizens National Bank. 1l3s
G 6,d: Penn. Tel CO, Az bid asked
asked Psnorams stock 48 hid >s